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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

In research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,305 of 12,888 worldwide), Oceanography (#19 of 156 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#166 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Earth-Surface Processes — Oceanography is 78.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,079
of 28,054 · #431 all time
Rank in United States
#320
of 4,192
Research works
13k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
723k
57.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,305 of 12,888 20.4%882 #311
OceanographySubfield #19 of 156 22.2%217 #1
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #166 of 1,209 20.8%459 #19
Environmental ScienceField #678 of 3,551 24.4%280 #62
EcologySubfield #138 of 578 30.6%113 #22
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #143 of 301 20.2%107 #28
GeophysicsSubfield #148 of 237 15.9%73 #31
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #384 of 535 24.2%73 #61
EngineeringField #5,683 of 6,636 10.4%80 #1223

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#311 #1,305
  2. Oceanography#1 #19
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#19 #166
  4. Environmental Science#62 #678
  5. Ecology#22 #138
  6. Atmospheric Science#28 #143
  7. Geophysics#31 #148
  8. Global and Planetary Change#61 #384
  9. Engineering#1,223 #5,683
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 78.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 217.0 works79×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 458.8 works30×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 29.1 works25×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 106.7 works25×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 72.8 works21×
  6. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 42.6 works20×
  7. EcologySubfield · 112.5 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 29.84× its world share, 459 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.75× its world share, 280 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.10× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 29.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution?

Ranked on the composite score, Hal Caswell, Scott C. Doney and John Waterbury lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

  1. 1 Hal Caswell United States · #7,038 worldwide 948 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Scott C. Doney United States · #8,734 worldwide 1.7k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 John Waterbury United States · #9,631 worldwide 1.5k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Xavier García United States · #10,310 worldwide 703 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 John D. Milliman United States · #10,594 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Stanley R. Hart United States · #12,194 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Christopher R. German United States · #12,598 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
  8. 8 Joseph Pedlosky United States · #13,696 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Nobumichi Shimizu United States · #18,253 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  10. 10 William R. Martin United States · #23,632 worldwide 673 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Which keywords describe research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Data Assimilation, Climate Change Impact, Oceanic Modeling, Tidal Analysis and Remote Sensing.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change289▲ 11×65 topics
  2. Ocean Circulation114▲ 89×3 topics
  3. Global Warming83▲ 21×11 topics
  4. Remote Sensing71▲ 5.9×21 topics
  5. Data Assimilation70▲ 46×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning66▲ 2.0×20 topics
  7. Climate Change Impact63▲ 28×2 topics
  8. Oceanic Modeling63▲ 196×1 topic
  9. Tidal Analysis63▲ 196×1 topic
  10. Marine Sediments60▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Acoustic Techniques51▲ 158×1 topic
  12. Seafloor Mapping51▲ 158×1 topic
  13. Harmful Algal Blooms46▲ 62×3 topics
  14. Conservation44▲ 11×12 topics
  15. Population Dynamics43▲ 17×8 topics
  16. Holocene43▲ 38×3 topics
  17. Acoustic Communication42▲ 85×2 topics
  18. Eutrophication42▲ 41×4 topics
  19. Nutrient Limitation40▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Dissolved Organic Matter40▲ 97×1 topic
  21. Oceanic Carbon Cycle40▲ 97×1 topic
  22. Arctic38▲ 35×4 topics
  23. Ocean Acidification38▲ 54×3 topics
  24. Sea Level38▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Microbial Communities37▲ 8.8×8 topics
  26. Predator-Prey Interactions36▲ 47×3 topics
  27. Paleoclimatology36▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Anthropogenic Noise36▲ 125×1 topic
  29. Marine Mammals36▲ 125×1 topic
  30. Anaerobic35▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Methane Oxidation35▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Sea Level Rise35▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Glacial Cycles35▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Monsoon Dynamics35▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Tomography35▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Tropical Cyclones33▲ 62×2 topics
  37. Wave Modeling32▲ 64×2 topics
  38. Plate Tectonics30▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Sea-Level Rise28▲ 25×5 topics
  40. Climate Change Impacts28▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Underwater Acoustics Research, Marine and coastal ecosystems and Marine animal studies overview.

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 63 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 51 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…40Marine and coastal ecosystems: 40 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…36Marine animal studies overview: 36 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 35 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 35 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…28Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 28 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 24 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 23 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 22 fractional works
OceanographyEcologyEnvironmental ChemistryAtmospheric Science3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 63 works
  2. 2 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 51 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 40 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 36 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 35 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 35 works
  7. 7 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 28 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 24 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 23 works
  10. 10 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 22 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available35.1%not open64.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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